Table 1.

Blood Pressure and Laboratory Blood Values

Variables	Preintervention		Postintervention		P
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	(2-tailed)
Systolic Blood Pressure
(mm Hg)	103	11	108	9	0.003*
Diastolic Blood Pressure
(mm Hg)	65	11	68	9	0.165
Glucose
mmol/L	4.9	0.3	4.8	0.4	0.057
(mg/dL)	(89.8)	(5.4)	(86.8)	(6.6)
BUN
mmol/L	4.9	1.1	4.3	0.9	0.017*
(mg/dL)	(13.7)	(3.1)	(12)	(2.6)
Creatinine
μmol/L	50.7	8.8	50.3	8.0	0.77
(mg/dL)	(0.574)	(0.1)	(0.569)	(0.09)
Sodium
(mmol/L)	141.0	1.5	140.7	1.7	0.35
Potassium
(mmol/L)	4.57	0.26	4.47	0.2	0.135
Chloride
(mmol/L)	103.6	1.8	104.9	1.8	0.007*
Carbon Dioxide
(mmol/L)	23.6	1.0	25.6	1.5	<0.001*
Calcium
mmol/L	2.6	.05	2.5	.05	0.001*
(mg/dL)	(10.3)	(0.2)	(10.0)	(0.2)
Total Protein
g/L	73	4	72	4	0.187
(g/dL)	(7.3)	(0.4)	(7.2)	(0.4)
Albumin
g/L	47	2	46	2	0.553
(g/dL)	(4.7)	(0.2)	(4.6)	(0.2)
ALT
(U/L)	41.7	9.8	35.0	8.5	0.001*
AST
(U/L)	30.6	8.2	28.4	7.3	0.165
Alkaline Phosphatase
(U/L)	283.5	76.6	287.8	69.1	0.679
Bilirubin
μmol/L	6.3	2.4	5.6	2.1	0.047*
(mg/dL)	(0.3 7)	(0.14)	(0.33)	(0.12)
Cholesterol
mmol/L	4.6	1.0	4.2	0.8	0.033*
(mg/dL)	(176.8)	(37.9)	(162.5)	(30.0)
Triglyceride
mmol/L	1.2	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.213
(mg/dL)	(107.3)	(66.1)	(97.4)	(59.6)
HDL
mmol/L	1.2	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.669
(mg/dL)	(47.8)	(17.3)	(47.1)	(17)
LDL
mmol/L	2.7	0.7	2.5	0.7	0.160
(mg/dL)	(104.3)	(25.5)	(95.8)	(27.1)
VLDL
mmol/L	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.209
(mg/dL)	(21.5)	(13.3)	(19.5)	(11.9)
Chol:HDL	4.1	1.6	3.8	1.4	0.134

Legend:

^*= (p ≤ 0.05)